VLD

Clallam County Zoning Code Summary

Updated October 23, 2002 .

 

Urban Very Low Density (VLD)

*** IMPORTANT ***

This summary is provided for your convenience and does not represent all provisions of the Clallam County Zoning Code. You are encouraged to consult the Zoning Code in its entirety. The County does not intend that you rely solely on this summary.

---------------------- PERMITTED USES ----------------------

    • Agricultural activities
    • Bed and breakfast inns
    • Child day care center
    • Churches
    • Duplexes*
    • Family child care home
    • Home enterprises
    • Lodges
    • Planned unit developments
    • Single family dwellings
    • Timber harvesting

*Subject to the maximum residential density requirements for this zone.

---------------------- CONDITIONAL USES ----------------------

    • Cemeteries
    • Commercial greenhouses and plant nurseries
    • Home based industries
    • Public outdoor oriented recreational activity
    • Schools

---------------------- PROHIBITED USES ----------------------

    • Airports
    • Asphalt plants
    • Business parks
    • Commercial horse facility
    • Commercial storage
    • Gas stations
    • Grocery stores
    • Medical service facilities
    • Mineral extraction
    • Mobile home parks
    • Motels
    • Multiple family dwellings
    • Primitive campgrounds
    • Professional offices
    • Race tracks
    • Research facilities
    • Restaurants
    • Retail stores
    • RV parks
    • Shooting ranges
    • Taverns
    • Timber labor camps
    • Tourist shops
    • Vehicular repair
    • Veterinarian clinics/kennels
    • Wood manufacturing
    • Wrecking yards

---------------------- STANDARDS ----------------------

    • Maximum Residential Density: One dwelling unit per 21,500 square feet.
    • Minimum Lot Size. 12,500 square feet.
    • Minimum Lot Width: 50 feet
    • Maximum Width to Depth Ratio: 1/5 (0.20)
    • Setbacks:
      • Front yard - 45 feet from a local access street
                            50 feet from an arterial street
                            60 feet from a highway
      • Side yard - 8 feet (40 feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).
      • Rear yard - 15 feet (40 feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street).
    • Open Space Overlay: When Urban Very Low Density zoning districts contain contiguous critical areas that are identified by an Open Space Overlay /(OS) designation which identifies them as an area from which development rights may be transferred.

---------------------- LAND DIVISION REQUIREMENTS ----------------------

    • All new lots shall be connected to a Public Water Supply  (Land divisions of two lots or less located more than 200 feet from a public water system, as measured along existing public right-of-way or utility easement, are not required to connect to a public water supply, except where necessary to comply with Sate and County Health code requirements for potable water.)
    • All new lots shall be connected to public sanitary sewer services, if available within 200 feet of the land division, as measured along existing public right-of-way or utility easement

 

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